Veteran Mexican actress Anna Ofelia Murguía died in
Mexico City on December 31st. She was 90. Born in Mexico City on
December 8, 1933, she appeared in over 100 films and television series between
1967 and 2018. Although she had very few leading roles in her career, the
quality of her acting work made her one of the most recognized actresses in
Mexican cinema. Ofelia appeared in one Euro-westerns as Consuelo in 2006’s “Bandidas”
starring Salma Hayek and Penélope Cruz.
[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]
Chiro Bermejo was a Spanish character actor who appeared in over 50 films and television series from 1963 until 1980. He’s another of the many overlooked character actors who were active during the heyday of the Spanish film industry with no articles or biographical information on the Internet
Chiro appeared in three Spaghetti westerns, all in the mid-1960s.
BERMEJO, Chiro (aka Chiara Bermejo) [Spanish] – film,
TV actor.
A Few Dollars for Django – 1966 (bartender)
The Ugly Ones – 1966 (Dade)
For a Few Bullets More – 1967 (Bocazas)
Gran duelo al amanecer
(The Grand Duel)
(1972)
Director: Giancarlo Santi
Starring: Lee Van Cleef, Horst Frank, Alberto Dentice,
Jess Hahn
County: Spain
Label: Mon Inter
BD-R release
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Audio: Spanish, English, German
Subtitles: Spanish
Running time: 98 minutes
ASIN: B0CPM32WQN
Released: December 20, 2023
We continue our search for locations for “Face to Face”. The next scene shows Williams telling Bennett he’s just an ordinary citizen who’s preoccupied with one the problems they have there. A certain Sam Taylor has hired a bunch of gunmen and murderers and has gained control of the entire community. Taylor controls the sheriff and the sheriff controls Bennett’s friend Aaron Chase. The sheriff keeps him hidden and Williams knows where it is. Williams tells Bennett that if he returns freedom to Purgatory City, Williams will promise to provide freedom for Aaron plus $5,000 from the citizens in appreciation. Bennett that’s a small amount of gratitude. Williams offers to double it. Bennett agrees. Williams tells Bennett that Taylor is out of town, and he should eliminate his gang before he comes back. Bennett says no if you kill the boss the gang will break up. He asks Williams if Taylor has a righthand man. He’s told yes, a man called Reagan. Williams demands Bennett kill only one person to avoid a massacre.
This scene was filmed
Elios Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy.
For a more detailed view of this site and other Spaghetti
Western locations please visit my friend Yoshi Yasuda’s location site: http://y-yasuda.net/film-location.htm and
Captain Douglas Film Locations http://www.western-locations-spain.com/
[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]
Zeev Berlinsky came to Israel from Poland as a child and started his acting career on stage at the age of 12. He studied at the Stadts Theater School in Berlin in 1931. The IMDb credits him with two dozen film appearances from 1961 to 1984, but I suspect he’s appeared in many more. Berlinsky made his film debut in 1961 in a supporting role in the Israeli film “Hem Hayu Asarah”. He made his first appearance in a German film in 1961 in the Dr. Mabuse film adaptation “Im Stahlnetz des Dr. Mabuse” by Harald Reinl with Gert Fröbe, Lex Barker and Daliah Lavi, in which he played the supporting role of the Man with the Wooden Leg. In 1962 he played the supporting role of Garnett in the crime film “The Secret of the Black Suitcases”, directed by Werner Klingler, with Joachim Hansen, Senta Berger and Hans Reiser in the leading roles. In the 1962 film “The Invisible Claws of Dr. Mabuse”, also directed by Harald Reinl, starring Lex Barker, Karin Dor and Siegfried Lowitz, he again appeared in a supporting role as the Man in the Morgue. He also played a supporting role as Gulliver in “The Testament of Dr. Mabuse” (1962) by Werner Klingler with Gert Fröbe, Senta Berger and Helmut Schmid. In 1963 he played a supporting role as a street sweeper in the Edgar Wallace film adaptation “Der Fluch der gelben Snake” by Franz Josef Gottlieb with the leading actors Joachim Fuchsberger, Brigitte Grothum and Pinkas Braun
In the 1965 German-Israeli film “One Plays Wrong” directed by Menahem Golan with Audie Murphy, Marianne Koch and George Sanders, he appeared in the role of Benz. In the 1966 film comedy “Long Legs – Long Fingers” with Senta Berger, Joachim Fuchsberger and Martin Held, directed by Alfred Vohrer, he portrayed the diamond fencer Snapper. In 1984 he was seen as Ze'ev Berlinski in the Israeli film “Sapar Nashim” by Ze'ev Revach with Gabi Amrani, Alik Arma and Tikva Aziz.
Zeev stated in in a 1973 newspaper article that he had acted once before as an Indian in a German television western. It was also mentioned Berlinsky owned a night club and the Aladdin Cafe
BERLINSKY, Zev (aka Ze'ev Berlinski) (Zeev
Berlinski) [1917, Poland – 1/28/1990, Tel Aviv, Israel ] – theater, film, TV actor, owned a Tel
Aviv night club and the Aladdin Café.
Billy Two Hats – 1973 (Apache)
“El Tesoro de los Incas”
(Lost Treasure of the Aztecs)
(1964)
Director: Piero Pierotti
Starring: Alan Steel, Mario Petri, Toni Sailer
Country: Spain
Label: Impulso Records
#DVD96571
Region: 2
Aspect ratio: 16/9, 2.35:1
Languages: Spanish, Italian
Subtitles: None
Running time:101 minutes
Extras: Interactive Menus, Direct access to scenes and
extras: Technical and artistic data sheet, photo gallery
ASIN: B008U7ZISE
Released December 22, 2023
Joselito was born José Jiménez Fernández on February 11, 1943, in Beas de Segura, Jaén, Andalucía, Spain. Joselito made his film debut at the age of 13 and began making films. Besides acting, Joselito was a popular child singer with a very distinguished voice having sung such songs as "La Campanera", "Dónde estará mi vida", "Gorrioncillo pecho amarillo", "En un pueblito español", "Clavelitos", "Doce Cascabeles", "Las Golondrinas", "El Pastor", "Granada" and "Ave María". He toured several countries in his youth.
He was out of the public eye until adulthood, when he
became a media entrepreneur. In 1990, he was arrested by Angolan authorities on
charges of gun and drug trafficking. Subsequently, he was deported to Spain,
where he was jailed. In 2002 La Jaula del Ruiseñor was released, an authorized
biography of Joselito's life. There he wrote that jail was the best thing that
had ever happened to him and that it had helped him to overcome his drug
addiction as well as to give him a different outlook on life. Upon his release,
he participated in the Spanish version of the Survivor television series, and
collaborated on the movie “Spanish Movie”. His voice didn't resemble the one he
had as a kid, so he retired and is currently living in Utiel, Valencia, Spain
JOSELITO (José Jiménez Fernández)
[2/11/1943 in Beas de Segura, Jaén, Andalucía, Spain - ] – film, TV actor, singer, married to
actress Chonette Laurent (María de la Ascensión Laurent), (1966-1978) father of
Isaac Jiménez Laurent [1966- ], Eva
Jiménez Laurent, married to María Felisa Gabaldón (1986-1986).
The White Horse – 1961 [sings ““El emigrante”, “Princesita”, “Lucerito”, “El pastor”, “Malagueña Salerosa” (co)]
According to legend, composer Marcello Giombini destroyed
the master tapes when he found religion later in life, so the score was never
released.
Mexican actor Miguel Ángel Fuentes was found dead in
Mexico City on the morning of December 28th. He was 70. Fuentes was
born on September 29, 1953, in Tlacotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico. He appeared in over
85 films and TV series including such notable films as “Fitzcarraldo” (1982), “Firewalker”
(1986) “The Mexican (2001). Fuentes appeared in two Euro-westerns; “My Friend
Winnetou (TV) in 1980 as Yaqui and “Triumphs of a Man Called Horse in 1983 as Big
Bear.
[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]
Leslise Steven Berks was born in Stepney, London, England on August 3, 1937. His parents were Alfred (who called himself Al and is sometimes listed as Abraham) who was a tailor with a shop in Leman Street, London and Pauline (who called herself Polly). He had a sister Beryl [1930-20??]. Al changed the family name from Berkowitz to Berks. Steven later changed it again to Berkoff. He attended Raines Foundation and Hackney Downs Grammar School then studied at City Literary Institute from 1957-1958 and the Webber Douglas Academy 1958-1959. He then went to the Laban School of Dance in Morely College.
Berkoff was at first a struggling actor, with roles in provincial theatres and bit parts in British films. His first role in a film was in 1959's “The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw”. In Tales from an Actor's Life Berkoff says “Sharing the scene with none other than the glorious, the sexy, the cute, Jayne Mansfield" and his role was "just flopping around the set like grimy drunken cowboys". His first role on stage was in 1959 in Arthur Miller's “A View from the Bridge” as Louis, performed in the Finsbury Park Empire in London.
In 1968 Berkoff formed the London Theatre Group and started his career with adaptations of Kafka and Poe such as “Metamorphosis”, “The Trial” and “The Fall of the House of Usher”.
Berkoff currently lives in Limehouse, London in an apartment on the Thames with his partner the classical pianist, actress Clara Fischer.
BERKOFF, Steven (Leslie Steven Berkowitz)
[8/3/1937, Stepney, London, England, U.K. -
] – producer, director, author, writer, playwright, theater, film,
radio, TV actor, father of Mylea [195?-
] with?, father of Sarah [195?-
] with ?, married to designer, painter Alison J. Minto (1970-1975),
married to choreographer, actress Shelley S. Lee (1976-1999), founded the
London Theatre Group [1968].
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw – 1958 (young cowboy)
Spaghetti Westerns! Ride Again! Paperback
Author: Mike Hauss
Country: U.S.A.
Publisher: Amazon
Language: English
Pages: 141
ISBN: 13979-8852076151
Available: Now
Howdy Partners, welcome to Spaghetti Westerns! Ride
Again! In this first issue, I have collected, corrected, expanded, and added to
content that appeared in my first two spaghetti western books: Spaghetti
Westerns: Volumes One and Two. I have added new content and freshened the look
up a bit to more along the lines of a series of books I edit called The
Spaghetti Western Digest, which sits at four volumes with a fifth volume slated
for 2024? Anyhow, I hope you enjoy this new volume, and if so, maybe Spaghetti
Westerns! Ride Again! will indeed ride again for a second volume.
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the
premier of “7 Nuns in Kansas City”. Directed by Marcello Zeani and starring Lea
Gargano, Vincenzo Maggio, Enzo Pulcrano. It tells the story of Two cowboys,
searching for a hidden gold mine who hide out from Mexican bandits in a
convent. When the bandits arrive at the convent in search of the cowboys, the
nuns don’t take any crap and proceed to kick the hell out of them.
Sette monache a Kansas City – Italian title
Kansas City – Italian title
Os Dois Vaqueiros De Kansas City – Brazilian title
Nonnen., Gold un Gin – German title
Siete monjas en Kansas City – Spanish title
7 Rahibe Kansas’da – Turkish title
Nuns, Gold and Gin – English title
Trouble in Kansas City – English title
Seven Nuns in Kansas City – English title
A 1973 Italian film production [Armonica Cinematografica
(Rome)]
Producers: Elido Sorrentino, Pietro Santini
Director: Roy Patterson (Marcello Zeani)
Story: Lidia Puglia, Marcello Cascape
Screenplay: Lidia Puglia, Marcello Cascape (Marcello
Cascapera)
Cinematography: Mario Sbrenna [color, widescreen]
Music: Gino Peguri
Running time: 110 minutes
Cast:
Jessica Mother Superior – Lea Gargano (Fiorella Galgano)
Gin – Vincenzo Maggio (Vincente Maggio)
Greg – Paul McCray (Enzo Pulcrano)
Madison - Mario Dani (Mario Danieli)
Madison henchman – Sergio Serrafini
Dave – Ugo Fangareggi
Bob – Tony de Leo (Antonio Di Leo)
Fatty/Bart – Pedro Sanchez (Ignazio Spalla)
Fatty/Bart henchmen – Sal Boris (Salvatore Baccaro),
Mario Dardanelli
Big Ton – Lina Franchi
Nun - Adriana Bruno, Franca Scagnetti
Whisky Joe - Lello Pontecorvo
Jessica/Susanna Rourke – Irta D’Angel (Rita D'Angelis)
Sam/Mack Delgado – Bruno Boschetti
Steve - Pino Mattei (Giuseppe Mattei)
Madison henchmen - Sergio Serafini, Edmondo Tieghi,
Sergio Ukmar
Saloon patrons - Aldo Formisano, Angelo Boscariol
With: Eduardo Tieghi, Enrico Casadei
Master of arms - Pino Mattei (Giuseppe Mattei)
David Leland, the director behind popular 1980s hit Wish
You Were Here and writer on a string of acclaimed British films including Made
in Britain, Mona Lisa and Personal Services, has died aged 82 on December 25,
2023. He was born David Hugh Leland was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire,
England on April 20, 1941. Leland initially trained as an actor at the Central
School of Speech of Drama, before becoming part of the breakaway that led to
the creation of the Drama Centre in 1963. He secured small roles in 1970s films
and television. Leland then made his name as a writer with Made in Britain, a
standalone drama starring Tim Roth as a skinhead. David then made his own move
into directing film, with the 1987 wartime comedy drama Wish You Were Here. Branching
out into the music industry, Leland made a number of videos for Harrison’s
Traveling Wilburys band. He was then asked to direct the monumental Concert for
George documentary, the 2003 film of the Harrison tribute concert that had
taken place after the musician’s death in 2001. He is survived by his wife,
Sabrina, his four daughters, his son and his six grandchildren. Leland appeared
in only one Euro-western as David Gamut in the 1971 British mini-series “The
Last of the Mohicans” starring Kenneth Ives.
[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]
Croatian actress Desa Berić appeared in over 20 films and television series between 1949 and 1976 but other than a list of the films she participated in little else is available on the internet and no mention in any film book I have.
She was born in Split, Dalmatia Croatia on March 31, 1926 and died in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia on May 27, 1998. She was a theater, film and TV actress.
Desa appeared in only one Euro-western and that was a Nora Daniels in 1964’s “Freddy und das Lied der Prärie” (The Sheriff was a Lady).
BERIĆ, Desa (aka D. Berić, Desa Berij) [3/3/1926,
Split, Dalmatia, Croatia – 5/27/1998, Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia] – theater,
film, TV actress.
The Sheriff was a Lady – 1964 (Nora Daniels)
On Thursday December 28 at 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. PST Karl May Online Meeting, Talk Show & Reading with Jean-Marc Birkholz, Maverick, Star Guests & Fans.
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Today is the 50th anniversary of the premier of “Shanghai Joe” directed by Mario Caino and starring Chen Lee, Gordon Mitchell, Klaus Kinski and Robert Hundar. The story is a Shanghai Joe (Chen Lee) who arrives in San Francisco, in 1882. He’s a Chinese skilled in the martial arts, who goes in search of work. Self-confident, he applies for work as a cowboy, at a ranch. He immediately learns about racial discrimination and the ranch hands are determined to put the Chinaman in his place. Believing that they can easily beat the skinny Chinaman they attack him and try to beat him up, but Joe beats them using his special skills and is hired by Kay (Lorenzo Fineschi), the foreman of Spencer (Piero Lulli), a wealthy businessman in the area, to move his cattle herd to Mexico. But Joe soon discovers that instead of cattle, they are smuggling Mexican workers. Stopped by the sheriff (Andrea Aureli) and his men, the gunmen Kay quickly escapes and kills the peons. Joe rebels against this injustice and helps an injured worker escape. Spencer, by this time, considers him a traitor who must be eliminated with various gadgets and ambushes he hires, Pedro the Cannibal (Robert Hundar), Scalper Jack (Klaus Kinski) who fail in their mission to kill Joe. Mikuja (Katsutochi Mikuriya), also a Chinese and educated by the master himself, the Venerable Yang (George Wang), tackles Joe. But you cannot use Japanese martial arts to hurt another martial arts expert and Joe triumphs in the end.
The film ranks 394 and brought in 109,980 lira at the box
office.
Il mio nome è Shangai Joe – Italian title
Mezzogiorno di fuoco per Han-Hao – Italian title
Meu Nome é Shangae Joe - Brazilian title
Shanghai Joe – Texas hernnaevne – Danish title
On m’appelle Shanghai Joe – French title
Shanghai Joe – French title
Der Mann mit der Kugelpeitsche – German title
Karate Jack - Ich bin euer Henker – German title
Mein Name ist Karate-Jack – German title
Knochenbrecher im wilden Westen – German title
I grothia tou Shangai Joe – Greek title
Monomahia me grothies kai karate – Greek title
T'onoma mou einai Shangai Joe – Greek title
Shanghai Joe – Greek title
荒野のドラゴン – Japanese title
Koya no Dragon – Japanese title
Mezzogiorno di fuoco per Han-Hao – Spanish title
Shangay’dan Gelen Adam – Turkish title
Benim Adim Shanghai Joe – Turkish title
The Man Strikes Back – U.K. title
My Name is Shanghai Joe – English title
To Kill or to Die – English title
The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe – English title
The Dragon Strikes Back – U.S.A. title
Shanghai Joe – U.S.A. title
A 1973 Italian film production [C.B.A. Produttori e
Distributor Associati, CCC (Rome)]
Producer: Renato Amgiolini, Roberto Bessi
Director: Mario Caiano
Story: Mario Caiano, Carlo Alberto Alfieri, T.F. Karter
(Fabrizio Trifone Trecca)
Screenplay: T.F. Karter (Fabrizio Trifone Trecca), Mario
Caiano
Cinematography: Guglielmo Mancori [Technicolor,
Techniscope]
Music: Bruno Nicolai
Running time: 100 minutes
Cast:
Chin Hau/Shanghai Joe – Chen Lee (Mioshini Hayakawa)
Scalper Jack – Klaus Kinski (Nikolaus Nakaszynski)
Pedro ‘The Cannibal’ – Robert Hundar (Claudio Undari)
Mikuja/Fire Lotus Warrior– Katsutochi Mikuriya
Buryin’ Sam – Gordon Mitchell (Charles Pendleton)
Kay – Lorenzo Fineschi
Christina – Carla Romanelli
Christina’s father - Francisco Sanz
Tricky – Giacomo Rossi Stuart
Tricky henchmen – Claudio Ruffini, Franco Ulmar
Master Yang – George Wang (Wang Yie)
Slim – Rick Boyd (Federico Boido)
Samuel/Stanley Spencer – Piero Lulli (Giusva Lulli)
Sheriff Andy Corrotto – Andrea Aureli
Jesus – Tito Garcia
Blacksmith – Vaerano Ginesi (Voriano Ginesi)
Bank employee - Vincenzo De Palo
Manuel Omero/Homer – Dante Cleri
Smitty – Roberto Dell’Acqua
Conchita – Carla Mancini
Conchita’s brother – Luciano Casamonica
Craig – Alfonso de la Vega
Tom - Franco Moruzzi
Poker players – Umberto D’Orsi
Doctor – Dante Maggio
False Teeth – Osiride Pevarello
One-eyed old man – Giovanni Sabbatini
Wells Fargo clients – Aldo Cecconi, Lars Bloch
Ferguson ranch foreman - Lorenzo Fineschi
Way station heckler – Giuseppe Mattei
Slave handler – Jose Luis Chinchilla
Kid in front of hotel – Juanito Santiago
Smitty – Roberto Dell’Acqua
‘False Teeth’ – Osiride Pevarello
Ferguaon ranch hands – Sergio Testori, Pietro Torrisi,
Sergio Ukmar, Sergio Ukmar,
Raniero Dorascenzi
Spencer’s guests – Enrico Marciani, Luigi Antonio Guerra
Stagecoach teller - Angelo Casadei
Stagecoach driver – Angelo Susani
With: Giorgio Bixio (Lazzaro Bisio)
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the
premier of “Six Bounty Killers for a Massacre” directed by Franco Lattanzi and
starring Robert Woods, Donald O’Brien, Attilio Dottesio and George Wang. The
film tells the story about the Governor of Kansas who hires six gunfighters to
overthrow the tyrannical rule of the self-appointed sheriff of Abilene (Antonio
Calò).
Sei bounty killers peruna strage – Italian title
Zahl un stirb: Denn sie Kennen Kein Erbarmen – German
title
Zahl und stirb! – German title
Seis invencíveis pistoleiros – Brazilian title
Lovci na ucene – Yugoslavian title
Pay or Die – English title
The Judgment of God – English title
Alive or Dead – English title
Six Bounty Killers for a Massacre – English title
A 1972 Italian, German film co-production [Fior Film
(Rome)]
Producer: Ottavio Dolfi
Director: Franco Lattanzi
Story: Ottavio Dolfi
Screenplay: Ambrogio Molteni (Palmambrogio Molteni)
Cinematography: Giovanni Varriano [Technicolor,
Techniscope]
Music: Piero Piccioni (Gianpiero Piccioni)
Running time: 83 minutes
Cast:
Stephen ‘Fearmaker’ McGowan/Pistolero – Robert Wood
(Robert Woods)
Frank/Jack Forrest/‘Irishman’ – Donald O’Brien (Donal
O’Brien)
Cemetery – Attilio Dottesio
Ming/Messinas – George Wang (Wang Chunyang)
Kid ‘Whistler’ Fraser – Mauro Mannatrizio
Assunta/Linda McGowan – Maria Luisa Sala
Governor’s wife – Giovanna Mainardi
Pallotta/Hercules/Samson – Victor Stocchi
Rosella McGowan– Fiorella Mannoia
Rinaldo/Lord – Tony Di Mitri (Antonio Dimitri)
Kirk - Maurizio Mannoia
Old John - Attilio Tosato
John – Luciano Conti
Monk – Ivan Greeve
Miner - Nello Palladino (Aniello Palladino)
Martin/Marty – Mario Dardanelli
Sheriff of Abilene – Antonio Calo
Deputy Logan - Lorenzo Piani
Deputy Sheriff of Abilene - Sergio Silvero
Prostitute – Barbara Betti
Poker player – Benito Pacifico
Townswoman – Dolores Calvo (Dolores Calo)
Irishman henchman - Michele Branca
Chiquita – Barbara Betti
With: Alessandro Perrella, Armando Visconti, Nicola
Mozzillo, Gianni Cardello
[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]
I can find no information on Peter Bergin. He has only one film credit and that was as a townsman in the 1936 German Euro-western “Der Kaiser von Kalifornien” (The Emperor of California).
BERGIN, Peter – film actor.
The Emperor of California – 1936 (townsman)
As we know most of the Euro-westerns were co-productions from Italy, Spain, Germany and France which incorporated British and American actors to gain a worldwide audience. The films were shot silent and then dubbed into the various languages where they were sold for distribution. That means Italian, Spanish, German, French and English voice actors were hired to dub the films. Even actors from the countries where the film was to be shown were often dubbed by voice actors for various reasons such as the actors were already busy making another film, they wanted to be paid additional salaries for dubbing their voices, the actor’s voice didn’t fit the character they were playing, accidents to the actors and in some cases even death before the film could be dubbed.
I’ll list a Euro-western and the (I) Italian, (S)
Spanish, (G) German and (F) French, (E) English voices that I can find and once
in a while a bio on a specific voice actor as in Europe these actors are as
well-known as the actors they voiced.
Today we’ll cover “Two Sergeants of General Custer”
[(I) Italian, (S) Spanish, (G) German, (F) French, (E) English]
Franco La Pera – Franco Franchi (I) Franco Franchi, (S) Miguel Ángel Valdivieso, (G) Gerd Duwner
Ciccio La Pera – Ciccio Ingrassia (I) Ciccio Ingrassia, (S) Joaquín Díaz, (G) Gerd Martienzen
Beth Smith – Margaret Lee (I) Rita Savagnone, (S) María Luisa Solá, (G) ?
Baby O’Connor – Moira Orfei (I) Rosetta Calavetta, (S) Enriqueta Linares, (G) ?
Sergeant Fidhouse – Fernando Sancho (I) Luigi Pavese, (S) Fernando Sancho, (G) Wolfgang Hess
Colonel – Ernesto Calindri (I) Ernesto Calindri, (S) Rogelio Hernández, (G) ?
Cochise – Franco Giacobini (I) Renato Turi, (S) José Maria Santos, (G) Wolf Martienzen
Miguel Ángel Valdivieso (1926 – 1988)
Miguel Ángel Valdivieso Montesinos was born on January 10, 1926 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He started in the world of dubbing at a very young age, at the end of the 1930s, giving his voice to many of the great child and youth stars of the moment, such as Freddie Bartholomew, Mickey Rooney and Roddy McDowall. At this time, he met María Dolores Gispert Guart [1934-2018], who also specialized in children's roles, they later married. In 1950 he joined the team of Juan Manuel Soriano's Invisible Theatre for Radio Nacional de España in Barcelona. Valdivieso thus developed a radio career parallel to dubbing, specializing in sports broadcasts and also in comedy programs.
Valdivieso is especially remembered in Spain for his dubbing of two comedy stars, Jerry Lewis and Woody Allen, to whom he regularly lent his voice until his death from lung cancer. He is also remembered for voicing the Star Wars protocol android C3PO in the original trilogy and in the animated series “Star Wars: Droids”. Unfortunately, the last episode was not dubbed due to Valdivieso's death. Likewise, among other appearances in renowned films, he lent his voice to Donald O'Connor in “Singin' in the Rain”, John Derek in “The Ten Commandments”, Ricky Nelson in “Rio Bravo”, Curt Bois in “Casablanca” and Edward James Olmos in “Blade Runner”.
Miguel Ángel Valdivieso died in Barcelona on April 15,
1988. He was 62.
Alfonso Suárez del Real was born on the waters of the Atlantic Ocean on December 27, 1916, on the ship Alfonso XIII, when his parents were traveling to Havana, Cuba. He remained in that city until the age of thirteen, when he returned to Spain with his family and settled in Burgos. He began to work in the theatre as a meritorious in the early 1930s in the company of Antonio Vico and Carmen Carbonell, and later in that of Loreto Prado and Enrique Chicote. However, he did not make his stage debut until 1934 with the company led by Casimiro Ortas.
After the Spanish civil war, in which it is unknown where he worked or if he served, he began as a comic tenor of zarzuela, being part of Salvador Videgain's company in the early forties. At the end of that decade he began in a theatrical genre then in vogue in Spain, the revue, and participated, among other plays, in “La de los ojos en blanco” or “Que me la traigan”. In the following years, he continued to abound in the genre, which he combined with comedies (“My Fair Lady”, “Lend me a billioncito”, “Untitled Comedy”, by Federico García Lorca) or even zarzuela as a comic tenor “La Gran Vía”
In the 1950s he tried to set up his own company, but the project failed, and Alfonso del Real was practically ruined. He then retired from show business and became the manager of the businesses of his friend, the actor Manolo Morán.
Back on the scene, he made his film debut in 1962 and soon became one of the most prominent faces in the comedy genre. His peculiar physique, his small stature, his tone of voice and his mannerisms made him the right actor to play in numerous comedies over four decades. During that time, he appeared in more than a hundred titles under the direction of filmmakers such as Fernando Fernán Gómez, Pedro Lazaga, José Luis Sáenz de Heredia, Vicente Escrivá, José María Forqué and on 23 occasions, with Mariano Ozores.
He also became a regular face on television, where he appeared in dozens of titles represented in spaces such as Estudio 1, as well as starring, together with Antonio Casal, in the series ‘Plinio’ (1971), presenting for a time the program ‘Gente joven’ (1977) and participating in the comedy ‘Sumarísimo’ (1978-1979), by Valerio Lazarov, as well as ‘Farmacia de guardia’.
He was married to the dancer and actress María Teresa for a time and they had two sons, Emilio and Alfonso. During the 1990s, when Álvarez del Manzano was the mayor of Madrid, he was called upon to embody the typical castizo, playing roles that the councilor saw in his youth, such as Don Hilarión, being the town crier of the Madrid festivals.
He died on January 16, 2002, in Palma de Mallorca, from respiratory failure. He was 85.
del REAL, Alfonso (Alfonso Suárez del
Real) [12/27/1916, Cuba – 1/16/2002, Palma, Majorca, Balearic Islands,
Spain (respiratory failure)] – theater, film, TV actor, restauranteur, politician,
married to dancer, actress María Teresa (Maruja Tomás) [1912-1977] (195?-19??)
father of Emilio Del Real, Alfonso Del Real.
Fall of the Mohicans - 1965 (Hagen)
The Black Wolf – 1980 (Marques)
Revenge of the Black Wolf - 1981 (Marques)
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Joaquín Bergía was born in Madrid, Spain in 1970. He was a Spanish actor with a long career (1927-1969) who made more than a hundred films and television appearances, mostly in supporting roles.
Joaquín was married to actress Isabel Alemany (Isabel Alemany Fonseca) born in 1907 she died in 1988.
Bergía’s only Spaghetti western was as the barman in 1964’s “El sabor de la venganza” (Gunfight at High Noon) in1964 (barman).
BERGIA, Joaquín (aka José Bergia. Joaquín Berjia.
Joaquín de Bergía) (Joaquín Bergía Torres) [1907, Madrid, Madrid,
Spain - 5/9/1991, Madrid, Madrid, Spain] – film, TV actor, married to actress Isabel Alemany (Isabel Alemany Fonseca)
[1907-1988] (19??-1988).
American writer and renowned humorist and writer, passed
away on December 18th in The Bronx, New York at the age of 87. Born
in Chicago, Illinois on June 20, 1936, his career spanned several decades.
Greenburg’s career spanned various genres, from horror and the occult to murder
mysteries and children’s literature, reflecting his versatile talent and
boundless creativity. His series, “The Zack Files,” inspired by his son, Zack
O’Malley Greenburg, brought laughter and adventure to young readers globally,
showcasing his ability to engage and entertain audiences of all ages. Dan
appeared in one Spaghetti western as newspaper editor John Clum in 1970’s
‘Doc’’ starring Stacy Keach and Faye Dunaway.
Gunmen of the West
Country: France
Author: Tiburce Ogre
Publisher: Grand Angle
Language: French
Pages: 112
ISBN:978-3-98721-377-9
Available: November 15, 2024
The wild and brutal race of the Gunmen to conquer the West. A comic with the smell of blood and powder.
In twelve stories, Gunmen of the West depicts the
authentic and mostly unknown fates of the outlaws in the North American West
between 1780 and 1920. Adventurers and deserters, contract killers and easy
ladies, ex-slaves and »hostile Indians« are the parts of this merciless mosaic,
which could hardly be further removed from Hollywood myths.
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the
premier of “For a Book of Dollars” directed by Renzo Girolami and starring
Lincoln Tate, Jean-Claude Jabes, Gigi Bonos and Gabriella Farinon. The film
tells the story of a bounty hunter name Amen (Lincoln Tate) who is hired by a
group of nuns to recover stolen money. The nuns are however, female desperadoes
in disguise, who want the booty pillaged by an outlaw named Catapult
Jean-Claude Jabes) and his gang.
Più forte sorelle - Italian title
Per un breviario di dollari - Italian title
Más fuerte, hermanas - Argentinian title
Kansas City - French title
Des dollars plein la gueule - French title
Drei Nonnen auf dem Weg zur Hölle - German title
For a Book of Dollars - English title
A 1973 Italian film production [New Films (Rome)]
Producers: Silvio Battistini, Alan Steel
Director: Renzo Spaziani (Renzo Girolami)
Story: Franco Vietri (Francesco Vietri)
Screenplay: Franco Vietri (Francesco Vietri)
Cinematography: Mario Parapetti [color]
Music: Nando De Luca
Song:
“Catapult” sung by Eldorado Stones
Running time: 82 minutes
Cast:
Amen - Lincoln Tate (James Kennelly)
Catapult - Jean-Claude Jabes (Gianclaudio Jabes)
Catapult henchman - Gill Roland (Gilberto Galimberti),
Oscar Giustini, Angelo Casadei,
Virgilio
Ponti, Marcello Meconizzi, Silvano Zuddas, Omero Capanna
Sister Angela/Clementine Jackson - Gabriella Farinon
Timothy - Gigi Bonos (Luigi Bonos)
Jane – Susy Monen (Suzy Monen)
Nuns - Clara Colosimo, Franca Maresa
Dentist - Carlo Monni
Bank manager – Alfonso Sarlo
Bank teller – Luciano Zanussi
Deputy sheriff - Lorenzo Piani
Henchman - Serafino Profumo
Mammola - Sandro Scarchilli
Catapult victim – Augusto Funari, Enrico Chiappafreddo
With: Francesco D’Adda (Francesco Salvaterra)
Master or arms: Gilberto Galimberti
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Eva Bergmanova is/was a theater, film and television actress who was active in the mid-1970s. She appeared on the 1974-1975 television series ‘Derrick’ in the role of Anni Rothe and appeared in three films in 1976 including her only Euro-western “Montana Trap” (aka Potato Fritz) starring Hardy Krüger and Stephen Boyd.
BERGMANOVA, Eva – theater, film, TV actress.
Montana Trap – 1975
The above scene is from “Up the MacGregors!” (1967) and was filmed in Villanueva de las Torres, Gorafe, Granada Spain.
The same location as seen in a photo from 2020.
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the premier of “They Still Call Me Amen” directed by Alfio Caltabiano and starring Luc Merenda, Alf Thunder, Tano Cimarosa and Katia Cimarosa. The story is about three bandits: a fool, a loudmouth and Chaco (Tano Cimaros), with his gang, always on the run to "purify", one villain, "Oremus" (Glauco Onorato), who is currently in search of the Reverend Smith (Alf Thunder) with the "Hallelujah” gang with four kids form a circus, thinking they are tough and smart they rob a bank. Cosi Sia (Luc Merenda), who falls for Clementine (Katia Cimarosa), the sister of the four boys, wants to rebuild the ruined circus of her deceased father. They succeed in their purpose by returning to the bank $300,000, stolen by "Oremus" and the four of his siblings of Clementine, and receive in return a cash prize of $3,000. Thus, the new circus, the brothers, the Reverend Smith and "Amen" will earn an honest living.
Oremus, Alleluia e Cosi Sia – Italian title
Mamma mia è arrivato così sia – Italian title
Væk med grabberne – Danish title
Lännen laiskin jyllää jälleen – Finnish title
On nous appellee les enfants de Trinita – French title
Oi dyo mas gia deka Trinita – Greek title
Adios rogando y con los punos dando – Spanish title
The Hallelujah Gang – English title
They Still Call Me Amen – English title
A 1972 Italian film production [Italian Laser Film
(Rome)]
Producer: Fulvio Lucisano
Director: Alfio Caltabiano
Story: Alfio Caltabiano
Screenplay: Alfio Caltabiano, Adriano Bolzoni
Cinematography: Riccardo Pallottini, Antonio Climati
[Eastmancolor, CinemaScope]
Music: Daniele Patucchi
Running time: 92 minutes
Cast:
Amen/Cosi' Sia /Horatio – Luc Merenda
Reverend Smith/Oremus - Alf Thunder (Alfio Caltabiano)
Oremus – Glauco Onorato
Clementine – Katia Cimarosa
Chaco – Tano Cimarosa (Gaetano Cimarosa)
Rat – Falvio Colombaioni
Chaco henchman – Artemio Antonini
Sheriff - Furio Meniconi
Deputy – Andrea Scotti
Bank employee - Luigi Antonio Guerra
Saloon owner - Andrea Aureli
Saloon brawler – Giovanni Ukmar
Storekeeper - Luciana Turina
Bunkhouse leader – Fortunato Arena
Hearse driver - Mauro Mannatrizio
Chaco henchmen - Roberto Dell’Acqua, Claudio Ruffini,
Ottorino Polentini, Sergio Testori
The Audaci Special Series
These are comic books produced to display stickers, balloons and toys on newsstands. At least 124 books are released divided into at least five series.
Series I: These were horizontal albums with a reprint of Bill
dei Marines and Susan Bill by Guido Buzzelli each issue contained 16
black & white pages with color covers. #1-#38.
Series II: contained 8 black & white pages with color
covers. Two different #15s were found. #1-#20
Series III: The Bold People contained between 8 or 12
black and white pages with color covers. #1-#13
Series IV: debuts with Nel Paese dei Balocchi which
presents material taken from Cineavventura’s Fables. It contained the
stories It Happened One Day, in the World of Toys and Fior di pesco,
written by F.T. Raom and designed by Ferb. Then follow mini albums taken from a
series designed by Buzzelli Each issue contained 8 or 16 black & white
pages with color covers. #1-#23
Series V: #1 replicates the title of #1 of the previous series
(Nel Paese dei Balocchi. #1
Series VI: tested The Sheriff Without a Gun, Indemitable each issue contained 8 black & white pages with color covers. #1-#28
Other Gioggi publications produced to advertise games and gadgets on newsstands: Giochi Nuovi (circa 1982), Miciolino Supplement (1982), Fantasie Gioconde (1983), Carosell di Giochi (1984), Luna Park (1984), Gioia dei Piccoli (1993).
Titles
Series I
01 (00.00.82) - "Lo sbarco" (The Landing)
02 (00.00.82) - "La mascotte del reparto" (The
Department Mascot)
03 (00.00.82) - "Verso l'Italia" (Towards Italy)
04 (00.00.82) - "La battaglia" (The Battle)
05 (00.00.82) - "Tra i partigiani" (Among the
Partisans)
06 (00.00.82) - "Il trionfo dei Marines" (The
Marines Triumph)
07 (00.00.82) - "La guerra in Oriente" (The War in
the East)
08 (00.00.82) - "La pagoda millenaria" (The
Thousand-Year-Old Pagoda)
09 (00.00.82) - "La fuga" (The Escape)
10 (00.00.82) - "Caposaldo n.7" (Capstone #7)
11 (00.00.82) -
12 (00.00.82) -
13 (00.00.82) - "Grande pioggia - Apaches" (Big
Rain – Apaches)
14 (00.00.82) - "La caverna maledetta - Apaches" (The
Cursed Cave – Apaches)
15 (00.00.82) -
16 (00.00.82) - "La fine del Rosso - Apaches"(The
End of the Red – Apaches)
17 (00.00.82) - "Sulla strada per Green-Tawn -
Apaches"(On the Road to Green-Tawn - Apaches
18 (00.00.82) -
19 (00.00.82) - "Il segreto del vecchio Mc Chip -
Apaches"(The Secret of Old McChip – Apaches)
20 (00.00.82) - "La cattura del Rosso - Apaches"(The
Capture of the Red – Apaches)
21 (00.00.82) -
22 (00.00.82) -
23 (00.00.82) - "La stella del River Saloon -
Apaches"(The Star of the River Saloon – Apaches)
24 (00.00.82) - "La vittoria di Susan Byll -
Apaches"(Susan Byll’s Victory – Apaches)
25 (00.00.82) -
26 (00.00.82) -
27 (00.00.82) - "Lupettino" (titolo interno:
"Crociera fortunata" (Lupettino (internal title Lucky Cruise)
38 (00.00.82) -
Series II
03 (00.00.83) - "Lupettino" (Lupettino)
06 (00.00.83) - "Lupettino" (Lupettino)
19 (00.00.83) - "Fantasie gioconde" (Joyful
Fantasies)
20 (00.00.83) -
Series III
02 (00.00.86) - "Caccia mortale!" (Deadly Hunt!)
05 (00.00.86) - "Scure rossa - Apaches" (Red Axe –
Apaches)
07 (00.00.86) - "Il massacro - Apaches" (The
Massacre – Apaches)
08 (00.00.86) - "La morte di Harry - Apaches" (The
Death of Harry – Apaches)
12 (00.00.86) - "Ritorno alla fattoria - Apaches"
(Back to the Farm – Apaches)
13 (00.00.86) - "Indomito" (titolo interno:
"Kid Sullivan in Battaglia sul fiume") (Untamed (internal title Kid Sullivan
in the Battle on the River)
Series IV [reperiti due nn. 1]
01 (00.00.87) - "Nel Paese dei Balocchi" (In Toyland)
01 (00.00.87) - "Zorro" (Zorro)
05 (00.00.87) - "Il massacro - Apaches" (The
Massacre – Apaches)
08 (00.00.87) - "Zorro" (titolo interno:
"Acqua di fuoco IV epis.") (Firewater IV)
09 (00.00.87) - "Zorro" (titolo interno:
"Zorro La setta del serpente") (Zorro (internal title Zorro the
Secret of the Serpent)
10 (00.00.87) - "Robin Hood" (titolo interno:
"Il duello di Robin Hood") (Robin Hood (internal title The Duel of Robin
Hood)
21 (00.00.87) - "Lo Sceriffo Senza Pistola" (The
Sheriff Without a Gun)
23 (00.00.87) - "Giustiziato all'alba" [con Kid
Sullivan] (Executed at Dawn – Kid Sullivan)
Series V
01 (00.00.88) - "Nel Paese dei Balocchi" (In
Toyland
Series VI
21 (00.00.89) - "Lo Sceriffo Senza Pistola" (The
Sheriff Without a Gun)
22 (00.00.89) - "Lo Sceriffo senza Pistola"
(titolo interno: "Pascoli contesi II° episodio) (The Sheriff Without a Gun
internal title Disputed Pastures II)
27 (00.00.89) - "Indomito" (titolo interno:
"Kid Sullivan in Battaglia sul fiume") (Untamed internal title Kid
Sullivan in Battle on the River)
28 (00.00.89) - "Indomito" (titolo interno:
"Battaglia sul fiume II° episodio") (Indomito internal title Battle
on the River II)
